On Tue, 15 Aug 2006 18:34:57 -0400 Kevin Brosius <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> babbled:
> Kim Woelders wrote: > > > > > > > > It seems to me that our SCM system feature requirements are extremely > > limited. We hardly ever tag or branch, let alone do merging between > > branches or anything resembling changeset management. > > > > I think CVS amply provides the features we need. It's simple and robust. > > It's far from perfect, but as Michael says - It's the devil we know. > > > > I don't believe changing SCM will make any significant difference to the > > problems that we appear to have, except possibly on a very short term. > > Even in the unlikely case that some SCM system is twice(four/ten/... > > times) as fast as CVS the problem we have will resurface if/when the > > user base grows accordingly. > > > > Unless there happens to be an SCM system that is just incredibly more > > efficient than CVS I also think that we would make a change for the > > wrong reason. Changing SCM system should IMO be done only if we > > want/need particular features not available in CVS. > > > > In the unfortunate case that it is concluded that we want to switch away > > from CVS I hope it will be to git. Not because I know it from personal > > experience, but simply because it is used by linux and xorg, which are > > two projects I respect. > > > > /Kim > > Well said Kim. > > I agree completely. I'd like to see a multi-connection test of cvs vs > svn, but I also won't promise to set it up myself. :) It was nice of > raster to open this debate, but we have running servers with cvs (and > webvc) and should really have a compelling reason to move. As you can > see, I'm not much of a fan of change for change's sake. ;) the compelling reason is that (apparently) anoncvs is straining under its load (again) and this happened so quickly that i am putting up a debate for alternate solutions - willing to discuss really anything :) -- ------------- Codito, ergo sum - "I code, therefore I am" -------------- The Rasterman (Carsten Haitzler) [EMAIL PROTECTED] 裸好多 Tokyo, Japan (東京 日本) ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Using Tomcat but need to do more? Need to support web services, security? Get stuff done quickly with pre-integrated technology to make your job easier Download IBM WebSphere Application Server v.1.0.1 based on Apache Geronimo http://sel.as-us.falkag.net/sel?cmd=lnk&kid=120709&bid=263057&dat=121642 _______________________________________________ enlightenment-devel mailing list enlightenment-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/enlightenment-devel
